Re. Re: Infections.......linda / lillog8

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Hi lillog8,

Welcome to the group. Pretty outspoken bunch, eh? I'm sorry you took such

a beating from some folks already.

I haven't been " visible " here for very long either (though lurking as a

member for several years while being ill), so I kind of know how it feels

to get pummeled on your first posting -- it happened to me, too.

I think it's important to keep your mind functioning in as many respects as

possible while being ill in your body. It helps to feel human and

connected, in more ways than just with other folks who are similarly

ill. (Which is not to denigrate people who are ill, because I am certainly

one of them.) And it sure beats counting the ceiling tiles while flat out

on your keester, too.

One of the folks who surprised me in this respect was Bloom, the

first time I heard him. From what I heard, he was bedbound for twenty

years with CFS, but his mind was able to keep going, which is amazing to

me. I personally would like to know what he did and how he did it -- so

that his mind could keep him going while his body went on strike -- so that

I can, too, if I ever get that severely ill. The cognition problems I have

now scare me enough for that bit of foresight.

I don't always agree with things he says. I'm just amazed that he's been

able to function well enough in his " upstairs " to formulate what he

thinks. Here are two of his websites, in case you're interested.

http://www.howardbloom.net/

http://www.bigbangtango.net/

The first time I heard him was on the radio program I lovingly refer to as

" the all-night bogeyman show, " Coast to Coast AM. It's on the AM dial of

your radio, in the middle of the night, the next time you're counting sheep

to no avail.

Welcome to the group, lillog8. A few people may nip at your heels on

occasion, but it's nothing permanent, so " don't be a stranger. "

very often feeling 112

in Champaign IL

Message: 5

Date: Fri Jun 2, 2006 8:24 am (PDT)

From: " lillog8 " lillog8@...

Subject: Re: Infections.......linda

I have been lurking here for a while, but rarely post. But the

bottom line is that I was a perfectly healthy 20 year old man, and

then BOOM!! i caught some bug and I have never been the same. So for

my money I am going to do everything under the sun to find out what

pathogen it was that turned me into a " 90 year old man " overnight

rather than sit around and talk about how there is no cure and that

no matter what I will always have CFS.

I strongly recommend that many of you look deeply into your

emotional and spiritual life. Read the " POWER OF NOW " by Eckhart

Tolle or " THE POWER OF INTENTION " by Dr. Dwyer for starters. The

bottom line is that there is one thing I am 100% sure of. If you do

not believe that you can get well, then you will not get well. If

you want to be the victim, then go right ahead. But I want to get

well and I tell myself 100 times a day the affirmation: " I love my

body and together we are healing here and now " . You see a big

problem is that many of us have developed a strong hatred for our

own body. Our body is very perceptive and feels and hears

everything we do and say to it. It needs to be nurtured like a

child, but just having good nutrition isnt enough. You have to tell

your body how much you love it. Talk to you pain and tell it that

it is ok. So isolating the infection and treating it is only half

the puzzle. The other half is loving your body enough to be in the

position for the corresponding treatment to actually do anything.

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